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Yup,



pretty much so.



JAPPF,

GWB

I'll have you know that I did my research and assembled several top-notch rifles for hunting from treestands, and that care is needed in the choice of components.

My typical shots are much farther than your "30 feet', harumph..

Try 35 YARDS, dude.....

+1. That makes two of us.

bsa well that's true in the woods, and unless the tree stand is located looking over a clearcut,power line, or big swamp.

Then you may have to reach as far as any western hunter in open country....almost anyway.

I killed one big buck in Maine at 300 yards over a big swamp; this year I spent 9-10 days in a ladder stand in Maine.First day in I lazed distances and found nothing longer than 300. Saw deer and moose between 150 and 275 yards.But you might have to shoot at much shorter distances as well.

I like something like a bolt action with a 22" barrel chambered for the usual suspects.It's maneuverable but still able to handle the longer distance stuff if they pop up.

You stole my thunder Bob ... Right at 335 yard shot from the top of the hill.

gunnut: There you go. Nice buck!

Lots of times in those clear cuts and swamps, the higher elevation gets you above the ground clutter and vegetation. You can see.

I've hunted from some 'tree stands' that would allow a fellow to shoot as far as he felt comfortable doing do.

That sums it up for me so its usually one of my 6.5's for this stand.



or....the 444 for back in the river sloughs.

What I hunt with depends more on where the tree stand is and how far my shot is likely to be. If the shot was most likely going to be close, I'd probably use one of my 35 Remington's or a 44 magnum. If there is a possibility of a longer shot, I'll usually have a 308.

Last year's deer rifles, top is my tree stand rifle a 308 Remington M7MS with a German 4x Zeiss scope. After years of experimenting this is my choice.
2nd a Bob Green 270, a 7-08 M700BDL in a Mcmillian stock and the bottom a Sauer 202 in 25'06.

i go between the savage 99eg in 300savage and the marlin 444 but my longest shot is also 150 yards

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I have but don't like to hunt from tree stands. However, I do have and sometimes hunt from a "wildlife observation tower".

When I do I generally take a #1 in a 257R, 25-06, or 7x57. If it is inclement weather I usually take a 260 Montana or a Model Seven in .243....

What's a tree stand?


I would think my Marlin .30-30 or .375 Win would be about perfect. Never been in a stand, though and with my hip it is doubtful I ever will.

When I used to tree stand hunt my BLR .358 was my go to short range gun, easy to carry in and a hard hitter.

No.

Any rifle I carry into the stand is capable of 400 to 500 yards - my limit. I have four that qualify - a 338WM RU77, a 17 inch bbl RU77 (400 yard self-imposed limit) a M98 30-06 heavy 27 inch bbl, and a 260 (400 yd limit).

Based on past performance of over 10 years of tree stand hunting for moose, I can go up there with a Buck knife.....

I ain't never killed one but from the ground, but, boy, have I had some fun with critters under the stand! The legal ones seem a bit shy.... the last one I killed while tree stand hunting was 30 feet in front of the stand - after I went several hundred yards downwind to take a dump, and came back.. there's way more to this story....

But really, at 60 yards, that .338WM 250 gr. brain shot was over -penetration.....

I always thought the premise of a tree stand gun was to be able to get the gun around in the tree stand. It makes sense that the shorter the barrel, the easier it would be to get it around. One also has to shift their entire body in a tree stand sometimes and this too helps w/a shorter gun. I've used a 20 1/2in barrel in a 257Ackley stocked w/a Brown precision for about 30years. It is easy to manipulate and can almost be shot one handed. Killed lots of deer here in Texas from a tree stand and brushed up tripods. powdr

Fluff. A 26 inch barrel is no harder to handle in a tree stand than a 16.

I mean, come on, really?